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Understand

The area consists of several municipalities, separate from Stockholm: Danderyd, Täby, Vallentuna, Sollentuna, Upplands-Väsby, Upplands-Bro, Solna, Sundbyberg and Järfälla.

During the Viking Age and Middle Ages, the area was known as Attundaland, an entity surviving only with the fire brigade Brandkåren Attunda and the courthouse Attunda Tingsrätt.

During the 20th century, the area transformed from farms to suburbs. Solna and Sundbyberg are autonomous cities, with rectangular city blocks as well as modernist apartment rows. Helenelund and Danderyd are affluent garden cities.

With the Karolinska Institute, famous for distributing the Nobel Prize in medicine, Solna is a center for health science and biotechnology.

Get in/Get around

Public transport covers most of the region. See Stockholm#Public transport. Roslagsbanan is a narrow-gauge commuter railroad, worn down, but more quaint than regular railroads.

While the suburbs are exempt from congestion tax, the road connections to central Stockholm (from Solna) have toll stations. See Stockholm#Car.

See

Hagaparken[1] is a royal palace park in Solna with a rich history, great for picnics. The palace is currently the residence of Crown Princess Victoria.

Bögs gård[7], a farm in Sollentuna for displaying traditional agriculture. The farm has been featured twice at American The Amazing Race.

MC Collection Museum[8], a collection of more than a hundred motorcycles.

Åbergs Museum[9], Kalmarvägen 10, Bålsta, founded by artist and actor Lasse Åberg, with a collection of Disney memorabilia and historic cartoons.

Cedergrenska Tornet[10], Kungsvägen 2, Stocksund, is an interesting tower in Danderyd conceived by Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren in the early 20th century. Half built in 1908 it then stood unfinished until completed in 1995. The tower is now used for conferences and parties but is open to the public for sunday brunches. Apart from the tower the surrounding park is worth a visit in its own right. The tower is a 1km walk from Stocksund Station along Roslagsbanan and there is also a bus from the bus terminal at Danderyds Sjukhus that gets you a bit closer.

Do

Several beaches for open-water swimming, especially at Järfälla and Sollentuna.

Friends Arena, [11], is the new 50,000-seat stadium for international football games and other event, opened in October, 2012, home arena for the national football team, as well as AIK.

Buy

Stockholm Quality Outlet[15], Majorsvägen 2-4, Järfälla (Commuter train to Jakobsberg and then bus 567) [16]. Open M-F 11:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 11:00-17:00. Close to one of Stockholm's two IKEA stores, in the suburb Barkarby, rather far out northwest of the city center, you will find a factory outlet village that claims to be the first and biggest in the Nordic countries, and promises prices 30 to 60 percent lower than in the city center stores.

Drink

As most residents venture to central Stockholm for nightlife, the suburbs mostly contain local hangouts and hotel bars. A few places beyond the usual are:

Garbo[23] in Sundbyberg might be the most lively nightclub in suburban Stockholm. As 50% of Sundbyberg households are singles[24] (reputedly the highest portion for any city in the world), this is the place for pick-up artists.